• Huan Cai

    Huan Cai

    Associate Professor of Finance


Biographical Sketch

Specializes in finance, with a particular interest in behavioral economics and corporate finance. Her courses include Financial Accounting, Introduction to Financial Management, Investments, Asset Valuation, and Financial Management Seminar. Her most recent studies examine earnings forecasts of financial analysts, and provide evidence of cognitive biases such as confirmation bias and contrast effects. She enjoys combining experiential learning and project-based learning in her classroom to engage students. She has also developed two MOOC courses (Massive Open Online Courses) during the past few years while visiting China, with case studies based on the entrepreneurship experience as a co-founder of a start-up company Yeejee.com in the early years. Ph.D., University of Utah; B.A., Tsinghua University in China.

Academic History

  • Ph.D., Department of Finance, University of Utah, 2012.
  • B.A., Department of Finance, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2003.
 
 
 

Areas of Expertise

  • Behavioral Finance
  • Corporate Finance
  • Contract Theory
 
 
 

Teaching

  • Financial Accounting (ECB 151)
  • Investments (ECB 243)
  • Introduction to Financial Management (ECB 210)
  • Financial Management Seminar (ECB 352)
  • Asset Valuation (ECB 359)
 
 
 

Selected Publications & Working Papers

"Confirmation Bias in Analysts’ Response to Consensus Forecasts", with Tong Yao and Xiaodi Zhang, Journal of Behavioral Finance, Nov. 2022.

"Private Conversation Matters: Evidence from Sell-side Analyst Reports after Private Meetings", with Zhen Qi, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Nov. 2021.

"Contrast Effects: The Phantom of The Latest Forecasts", with Xiaodi Zhang and Jie Zheng, presented in Tsinghua University, Jun. 2021.

 
 
 

Professional Experience

  • Consultant, Guangdong Baicheng Talent Network Co., Ltd., Shantou, China, 2019-2022
  • Consultant, Zhuhai FarWalker Technology Company Ltd., Zhuhai, China, 2018-2022
  • Consultant, Shenzhen Eastern Open Technology Co. Ltd., Shenzhen, China, 2014-2017
  • Co-founder&Acting CFO, Yeejee Network Technology Co. Ltd. (start-up), Shenzhen, China, 2005-2007
  • Actuarial Analyst, CITIC-Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Guangzhou, China, 2003-2005